Improvement in ironing-tables



G. F. W. SEIDEL.

Ironing-Table.

Patented May 13, 1 79.

N.FETERS, PHOTD-LHHDGRAPH 2%, WASHINGTON, 0 C,

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. W. SEIDEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN lRONl NG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,402, dated May 13,1879; application filed A March 6, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLESF. SEIDEL, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and usefullmprove ments inIroning-Tables, of which the followin g is a specification.

Although my improvements are applicable to tables for use in ironingvarious articles, they are especially intended for tables for ironing orwhat is termed glossing the bosoms of shirts.

One object of these improvements is to provide for holding andstretching the article to be ironed upon the ironing table or board, andat the same time to afford convenience for inserting the articles withinthe holder and removing them therefrom.

Another object is to provide for properly supporting and shaping theneck-band or collar of a shirt while the same is being ironed.

To this end the invention consists in the combinatiomwith an ironingtable or board, of a holder or clamping-frame capable of vertiealmovement relatively to said table orboard,

springs or their equivalents for elevating said holder or frame, andcatches for holding it in a depressed position. The holder orclampingframe is preferably composed of two frames, one fitting outsidethe other and hinged thereto. The said outer frame is also preferablymade in two sections, and provided with screws for adjusting it to suitarticles which are not of uniform thickness throughout.

It also consists in various combinations of parts, hereinafter describedand claimed.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of a tablehaving two of my ironing tables or boards secured to it; Fig. 2, acentral vertical section thereof on the dotted line 00 00, Fig. l; andFig. 3, a transverse section on the dotted line y Fig.1, the legs of thetable being partly broken away to show the construction more clearly.

Similar letters of reference designate correspondin g parts in all thefigures.

A A designate two ironing tables or boards, which are secured to acentral supporting-table, B, around which any number of the tables orboards A may be arranged.

I preferably provide means for keeping the tables A heated while work isbeing done upon them, and the means here represented consist in formingthe tables hollow and passing steam through them.

G' designates a pipe communicating with both tables, and provided with acommon supply-pipe, O; and D represents a pipe, also communicating withboth tables, and provided with a common exhaust-pipe, D.

The steam-tables A are represented as provided with flanges a, rigidlybolted to the under side of the supporting-tal'fle B.

E designates a frame surrounding the table A on its four sides, and hererepresented as supported upon two bars or rods, 1), which fit invertical bearings in the legs 0 of the table, as clearly represented inFig. 3.

F designates a second frame, of such size as to fit snugly around theframe E, and which is here represented as hinged to the said frame E bymeans of lugs d, upon which the frame F may be turned up, as representedin Fig. 2. Between these two frames the shirt to be ironed is placed,and by bringing the frame F down into the position shown in Fig. l theshirt or other article is securely held in position to be operated upon.

The frame F is made in two pieces, and by means of the right and lefthand threaded screw e and the thumb-screw f the two pieces or sectionsmay be adjusted to suit articles which are not of uniform thicknessthroughout.

In order to more conveniently insert an. article between the frames Eand F, the two said frames are capable of being elevated or depressedtogether relatively to the steamtable A, and, as here represented, thisis ac complished by making the bars or rods 1), supporting the frame E,vertically adjustable in their guides in the legs 0. I have shownsprings g inserted in the legs for forcing the frames E and F upward and7b designates spring-catches adapted to overlap the frame F, as shown inFig. 3, and hold the same down.

Gr designates a lever, pivoted to the leg of the table at This levercarries a pin, j, which, when the lever is pushed aside, acts on one ofthe catches h to disengage it from the frame F; and I have shown a rod,is, as acting on the other catch, thus disengaging both simultaneously,and allowing the frames to riseby the force of the springs g into theposition shown in dotted outline in Fig. 3. In lieu of these springs,weights or their equivalents may be employed.

For the purpose of properly supporting and shaping the neck-band orcollar of a shirt, I employ an elastic guard or former, which mayconsist of'a strip of spring metal, I, secured to a stock-piece, 122. Tosuit shirts of different sizes, I preferably make this guard or formeradjustable along the table, and I have represented it as adjustablealong a rock-bar, n, and as held in position by a catch or pawl, 0.

In order to prevent the article to be ironed from being soiled, Ipreferably cover the table A with a cloth guard, p, (represented inFigs.

' 2 and 3 as secured to the frame E,) and I preferably cover the bottomand sides of the table A with a guard, g. (Represented as formed ofwire-gauze.)

In the operation of my table, it is only necessary to s:arch and dampenthe articles to be ironed before placing them upon the table.

They are thoroughly dried by the heated table,

' and it is only necessary to do the finished ironing or glossing, as itis called, whereas in the ordinary manner of ironing shirts the bosomsare first rough-ironed and then glossed.

By my invention the stretching of the articles over the heated tableenables the rough ironing to be dispensed with, and hence the labor ofironing is much lessened.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, with an ironing table or board and a holder orclamping-frame capable of vertical movement relatively to the table orboard, of springs or their equivalents for elevating said holder orframe and catches for holding it in a depressed position, substantiallyas specified.

2. The combination, with an ironing table or board, of the frame E, theframe F, fitting around the latter, and made in two sections, and thescrews ef, whereby the frame F may be adjusted to suit articles whichare not of uniform thickness throughout, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with an ironing table or board, of a framesurrounding the same on four sides and a frame hinged to thefirstmentioned frame and acting in conjunction therewith to retain thearticle to be ironed upon the table or board, substantially asspecified.

4. The combination, with the frames E and F, of the springs-g, catchesh, lever G, pin j, and rod 70, substantially as specified.

CHARLES F. W. SEIDEL.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, FRED HAYNES.

